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  Not everybody gets Gangajal at home, you are lucky: Lalu’s pun on flood situation

  Politics | August 25, 2016 17:36 IST

  At a time when the flood situation in the state is worsening by the day, claiming at least 19 lives and leaving millions marooned, Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad Yadav said yesterday that

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  Government committed to make Namami Gange a success: Arun Jaitley

  Politics | September 11, 2015 14:45 IST

  Kollam (Kerala):  Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Friday said that the Centre was determined to make the Namami Gange project a big success like the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan in three to four years.He said

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  Ganga Rejuvenation: Many failed attempts over 30 years

  India | August 10, 2015 15:06 IST

  An analysis of the initiatives highlighted in the report card for Ganga rejuvenation by Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government shows that larger initiatives have been previously launched to construct sewage treatment plants. Those plans failed. The

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  Govt officials, local authorities discuss Ganga clean-up

  India | April 30, 2015 7:21 IST

  Kanpur: A group of central government officials yesterday met local municipal authorities and the Jal Board here and discussed with them issues related to cleaning of the Ganga river.The meeting proposed to prohibit the discharge

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  Sarus cranes missing in UP; forest department seeks help from NGOs and photographers

  India | January 21, 2015 14:48 IST

  New Delhi: Survey carried out to record the number of Sarus birds in Uttar Pradesh is almost over, but surveyors are yet to locate a single bird yet in Ghaziabad district.The forest department has now

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  Mulling Varanasi branch of central water research station: Uma Bharati

  Politics | November 06, 2014 11:58 IST

  Varanasi: The Central government is mulling a proposal for opening a branch of the Central Water and Power Research Station in Varanasi with a view to intensifying study and research on rivers in the region,

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  Modi's vision is to achieve goal of clean Ganga: Government tells SC

  Politics | October 16, 2014 7:39 IST

  New Delhi: The NDA government asserted before the Supreme Court that Prime Minister Narendra Modi's ambitious clean Ganga plan has a ‘vision' to achieve the goal of 'aviral' (uninterrupted) and 'nirmal' (clean) river."The ultimate (plan

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  Save Ganga mission: Indigenous trees to enhance water flow

  India | October 12, 2014 14:52 IST

  New Delhi: As the Narendra Modi government gears up with its mammoth mission to clean the river Ganga, details are being worked out to plant thousands of indigenous trees with high water retention in the

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  Industries along Ganga should adopt self-regulatory measures: Uma

  Politics | October 09, 2014 7:25 IST

  New Delhi: Union Water Resources Minister Uma Bharti on Wednesday said industries along the Ganga river can contribute a lot in the mission to clean the river by adopting self-regulatory measures to check pollution.Addressing a

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  Cleaning Ganga will take 18 years and massive investment: Centre to SC

  India | September 24, 2014 19:00 IST

  New Delhi: After being rapped by the Supreme Court for its approach to clean Ganga, the Narendra Modi government has placed before it a blueprint of short, medium and long term measures that spread over

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  Ganga reaches danger level mark in many places in Bihar

  India | August 22, 2014 20:10 IST

  Patna: As the water level of the Ganga and many other rivers reached the danger level mark at many places in Bihar, the Water Resources Department (WRD) today cautioned about floods in the state.WRD secretary

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  Neglected Varanasi is now the focus of all attention

  India | August 06, 2014 17:09 IST

  Varanasi: Neglected by civic and state authorities all these years, both the union and Uttar Pradesh governments are now competing to clean up and develop Varanasi, now represented in parliament by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.A

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  Narendra Modi expresses sadness over boat capsize incident in Varanasi

  India | August 06, 2014 9:07 IST

  New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has expressed his sadness over the capsizing of a boat in Ganga River in Varanasi. "Prime Minister Narendra Modi has expressed his sadness over the capsizing of a boat

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  Rather than dollars, we need ideas, knowledge: PM Narendra Modi to World Bank President

  India | July 24, 2014 10:00 IST

  New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today told World Bank President Jim Yong Kim that India requires ideas, knowledge and expertise "rather than dollars" as there is a need to focus on developing a base

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  Budget converts hope into trust, says Narendra Modi

  Politics | July 10, 2014 18:16 IST

  New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Thursday said the NDA government's first budget converts hopes and aspirations of the people into trust, and expressed confidence that it will take India to newer heights."This budget is

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  Hindu devotees offer 51,000 metre long cloth to holy Ganges on 'Ganga Dussehra'

  India | June 08, 2014 21:31 IST

  Kanpur: Marking the auspicious Hindu festival, ‘Ganga Dussehra', which commemorates birth of the river on earth, the Hindu devotees in the Kanpur city, Uttar Pradesh offered a 51,000 meter-long cloth to holy river Ganges on

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  Nine killed as bus plunges into river

  India | May 07, 2014 12:32 IST

  Tehri, Uttarakhand: Nine persons were killed and 31 others injured when a roadways bus plunged 300 metres down the road into the River Ganga at Saknidhar in Tehri district today.The roadways bus carrying 52 passengers

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  Australia extends help to check pollution in Ganga river

  India | June 27, 2013 11:50 IST

  Kolkata, Jun 27: To save the Ganga from industrial pollution, the Victorian government in Australia is preparing an eco-friendly business model for tanneries, which discharge effluents into the river.Experts from 'Sustainability Victoria', an Australian agency

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  Eight youths drown in the Ganga river

  India | March 28, 2013 7:49 IST

  Kanpur, Mar 28: At least eight youths drowned in two separate incidents while bathing in the Ganga river after taking part in the Holi revelry here in the city yesterday.A group of five boys went

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  Ganga has become a deadly source of cancer, says ICMR study

  India | October 17, 2012 12:49 IST

  Kolkata, Oct 17:  The Ganga river, which millions of Indians consider as holy, has now become a deadly source of cancer, says a study conducted by the National Cancer Registry Programme (NRCP) under the Indian